Perinatal Support Washington

04/23/2026

We’re recruiting 30 licensed mental health providers in Washington State to earn their Perinatal Mental Health Certification (PMH-C) and expand care for Medicaid families! 🤍

If you’re looking to specialize in perinatal mental health and support parents during pregnancy and postpartum, this is a fully funded opportunity designed to help you get there.

What’s included:
• 20 hours of paid training
• Required PMH-C coursework + application support
• Exam fees and travel covered
• Medicaid paneling guidance
• Completion bonus

We strongly encourage providers of color and those serving underserved communities to apply.

🗓 Apply by May 15
📍 Participants should complete certification and begin Medicaid enrollment by September 29

Learn more and apply: perinatalsupport.org/perinatal-trainings

04/22/2026

✨Happy National Volunteer Appreciation Week to our Warm Line Volunteers!✨

We are immensely grateful for all the time, energy, and care our volunteers put into holding space for struggling parents and making them feel seen. Your peer support is powerful and has made a significant impact on over 1,200 families every year. You should be proud of your accomplishments!

You inspire us every day with your generosity and heart. Here’s to you, the heart and soul of our community. 🙌

04/20/2026

During National Infertility Awareness Week (April 19–25), we pause to acknowledge the deeply personal, often invisible experiences of those navigating infertility, a journey that affects approximately 1 in 6 people globally yet is too often carried in silence.

This week, we are honored to share a powerful reflection from Emily, a former facilitator of our Infertility Support Group, who brings both professional insight and lived experience to the complex realities hopeful parents face. Her essay moves beyond clinical definitions to illuminate the emotional landscape of infertility, marked by grief, uncertainty, resilience, and hope, and offers an important reminder that these experiences are valid, multifaceted, and deserving of care. Through her words, we invite readers to better understand the weight of this journey and to recognize the importance of connection, empathy, and support for all those walking this path.

Read it on our blog: perinatalsupport.org/info-hub

04/19/2026

Nonbinary Parents Day is a time to honor and celebrate nonbinary individuals who are also parents. Celebrating this day helps raise awareness of nonbinary identities, fosters inclusivity, provides more diverse models for parenthood, and acknowledges the love and dedication nonbinary parents bring to their families.

Challenging the gender binary helps everyone break free from gender roles that can limit our ability to be our full selves — especially in how we show up as parents. So on this Nonbinary Parent’s Day, we see you and we celebrate you!

04/17/2026

We wanted to share a great event hosted by the Harm Reduction Doula Collective with support from the Pulitzer Center focused on pregnant people and families navigating substance abuse. The event aims to facilitate connection, share resources, and make parents feel less alone.

They will feature a storytelling portion, an informal photography exhibit, and more, including free:
✨Food
✨Family portraits
✨Baby/toddler clothes + diapers + a few large items, like a crib (until supplies last)
✨Self-care items
✨And, a mini-resource fair featuring folks from FIRST Legal Clinic, SUPP, Institute for Black Justice, and more.

📆When: Sunday, April 26, 12-2:00pm
📍Where: Van Asselt Community Center, 2820 S Myrtle St., Seattle, WA 98108

Don't miss it!

04/16/2026

Mom Prom is exactly one month away, and tickets are going FAST! Join us on Saturday, May 16th, for the best night out all year. Get your tickets today, you won't want to miss it! Even better, all proceeds benefit our work here at Perinatal Support Washington.

Tickets: bit.ly/SeattleMomProm

04/15/2026

DEADLINE TO APPLY IS MONDAY! ONLY 3 SPOTS LEFT!

🌿 Creating a Nest of Care: Perinatal & Infant Loss Training + Cohort for Birthworkers 🌿

Join us this spring for a powerful learning and community-building experience designed to support birthworkers caring for families experiencing perinatal and infant loss.

✨ Part 1: Foundational Training (April 22–24)
This 3-day in-person training builds essential skills in trauma-informed care, compassionate communication, memory-making practices, and navigating resources for grieving families. Through reflection, discussion, and hands-on learning, participants will gain practical tools and sustainable approaches to this deeply meaningful work.

📍 Casey Family Programs, Seattle
🎓 13 CEUs/contact hours pending/approved
✨ Part 2: Cohort & Monthly Consults (May–December)
Continue the journey with a monthly consultation cohort designed to deepen your practice and build a strong, local network of care.
📍 Casey Family Programs, Seattle
🎓 CEUs pending for LICSW, LMHC, LMFT, RNs.

This series is free for BIPOC birthworkers in King County (sliding scale options available for others). “Birthworkers” are defined as those who are helpers/providers/carers working with people during the childbearing period. They include, but not limited to: doulas, peers, WIC counselors, case managers, nurses, home visitors, perinatal mental health providers, etc.

Led by La Tonia Bussell-Packard and Marquita Straus—experienced, community-rooted leaders in perinatal mental health and grief care, this offering centers reproductive justice, lived experience, and culturally responsive support for grieving families.

👉 Register for the training and cohort to reserve your spot—space is limited! perinatalsupport.org/perinatal-trainings

04/15/2026

TOMORROW!

The early days of parenthood can be beautiful, overwhelming, tender, and exhausting, sometimes all in the same moment 💛
If you’re pregnant or have recently welcomed a baby, you don’t have to navigate this transition alone. Join us for a free, supportive, honest workshop on April 16th focused on the realities of the fourth trimester. A space where all experiences are welcome.
Together, we’ll explore:

✨ The emotional ups and downs of becoming a parent
✨ Sleep, feeding, recovery, and daily newborn care
✨ Changes in relationships with partners and family
✨ Cultural and social pressures during early parenthood
✨ Identity shifts and the feeling of needing to “do it all”
✨ Self-compassion and finding your footing
✨ Making space for difficult or unexpected birth experiences

This workshop offers a compassionate, welcoming group space led by Addelle Diedesch, a licensed therapist specializing in perinatal mental health, and a mom of three who understands this journey firsthand.

Come for connection, encouragement, and real support during one of life’s biggest transitions.

👉 Sign up today and give yourself the care you deserve: perinatalsupport.org/events

EVENTS Navigating the Fourth Trimester This workshop is open to families in Washington state. The weeks and months after bringing home a baby can be beautiful, overwhelming, tender, and…

04/11/2026

Today is the start of Black Maternal Health Week 2026!

This year's theme, “Rooted in Justice & Joy,” celebrates the event's 10-year anniversary. According to (the Black Mamas Matter Alliance), "we honor the power of our collective movement, nurturing thriving families and shaping a liberated future rooted in justice, healing, and joy. This milestone theme reflects the strength and resilience of Black-led perinatal, maternal, and reproductive health organizations that have cultivated change and healing across communities. It acknowledges the enduring legacies of systemic oppression, reproductive injustices, and health inequities that continue to impact Black Mamas and birthing people, while calling for a liberated future rooted in restoration, justice, and joy."

Learn more at blkmaternalhealthweek.com and get involved today!

04/10/2026

Check out this event in Seattle kicking off Black Maternal Health Week 2026 (April 11-17).

04/08/2026

Our Warm Line is answered by real parents who’ve been there, through postpartum depression, anxiety, birth trauma, and more. Now on the other side, they’re here to walk with you through the struggle of new parenthood.

You don’t need a mental health diagnosis. You just need to be human. Because let’s be honest—parenting is HARD, and none of us should do it alone.

📱Call or text us at: 1-888-404-7763 or email us at: WarmLine@perinatalsupport.org (se habla español)

You are not alone!

04/07/2026

The early days of parenthood can be beautiful, overwhelming, tender, and exhausting, sometimes all in the same moment 💛

If you’re pregnant or have recently welcomed a baby, you don’t have to navigate this transition alone. Join us for a free, supportive, honest workshop on April 16th focused on the realities of the fourth trimester. A space where all experiences are welcome.

Together, we’ll explore:
✨ The emotional ups and downs of becoming a parent
✨ Sleep, feeding, recovery, and daily newborn care
✨ Changes in relationships with partners and family
✨ Cultural and social pressures during early parenthood
✨ Identity shifts and the feeling of needing to “do it all”
✨ Self-compassion and finding your footing
✨ Making space for difficult or unexpected birth experiences

This workshop offers a compassionate, welcoming group space led by Addelle Diedesch, a licensed therapist specializing in perinatal mental health, and a mom of three who understands this journey firsthand.

Come for connection, encouragement, and real support during one of life’s biggest transitions.

👉 Sign up today and give yourself the care you deserve: perinatalsupport.org/events